Embodied

Laurie Kaplowitz
Stacy Latt Savage

Oct. 11 - Dec. 20, 2011

Painter Laurie Kaplowitz and sculptor Stacy Latt Savage share a conviction in the female form's expressive potential in contemporary art. Kaplowitz paints iconic heads of women, adorned with the flora and fauna of the earth, that reference a universal impulse to ornament oneself. Conversely, Latt Savage's figurative sculptures are stripped of all embellishment and adornment to expose an underlying emotional core.

EVENTS

Opening Reception

Wednesday, Oct. 19, 2011, 5-7:30 p.m.

Artists' Slide Talk

Thursday, Nov. 3, 2011
6:30 p.m.
Kaplowitz and Latt will present a slide talk about their work, followed by Q&A.

Panel Discussion: The Female Body in Contemporary Art

Thurs., Nov. 17, 2011, 2 p.m.
Kaplowitz and Latt will be joined by artists Susan Lichtman and Tory Fair in a slide presenation and discussion about their use of the female body in their work. The panel will be moderated by Brandeis art history professor Gannit Ankori.

Thurs., Dec. 8, 2011, 5 p.m.Embodied Resistance: Challenging the Norms, Breaking the Rules is a new collection of original work that engages society's contemporary "body outlaws"--people from many social locations who violate norms about the private, the repellent, or the forbidden. Learn from former WSRC scholar and c0-editor Chris Bobel about how the project came to be, and hear from two of the contributors about their personal experience and research findings.

All programs will be held in the WSRC lecture hall and are free and open to the public.